What is CVE-2026-53196?

CVE-2026-53196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-53196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2026-53196

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info() get_manuf_info() reads le16_to_cpu(rom_desc->Size) bytes from the device I2C EEPROM into a buffer allocated wit…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 2.6.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.12, 7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Third Party Advisory)
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53196?: CVE-2026-53196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-53196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.